Moscow Official Wounded

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December 20, 2000

MOSCOW -- Two masked gunmen opened fire on a Moscow deputy mayor as he neared City Hall during morning rush hour Tuesday, gravely wounding him, killing his driver and putting 26 bullet holes in his car. The attackers dumped their silencer-equipped weapons in the fresh snow, got in a waiting car and drove off. The attack on Deputy Mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze was described as most likely the work of organized-crime elements.